Obituaries
Mary R. Phillips
Mar 10, 2025
Mary was born August 11, 1943, to Lawrence and Alice (Glackin) LeClair of Royal, IA. She was the first of their ten children. She grew up in rural Royal, graduating from Clay Central High School. She graduated from St. Joseph Mercy School of Nursing in Sioux City, IA. as an RN in 1965. The same year she married...
Ina Faye Underwood
Aug 4, 2025
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Luke Lutheran Home, 1301 St. Luke Drive, Spencer, IA 51301 with "In Memory of Ina Faye".
Merrell "Buzz" Lee Butler
Jul 30, 2025
Merrell Lee “Buzz” Butler was born on November 5, 1934 in Wayne, MI. As a youngster his family moved around a lot a working on several farms. The family did rent a farm from the Henry Ford Family. He graduated from high school in 1952 in Mason, MI. After high school, Merrell farmed with his brother before entering into...
Randyl Krile
Jul 29, 2025
Randyl “Randy” Robert Krile, was born to Robert and Sharon (Hynes) Krile, on August 6, 1960, in Spencer, IA. He attended and graduated from Spencer High School in 1979. He excelled in sports: Football, Track, and Wrestling, having earned a trip to the State Wrestling Tournament his senior year. Randy accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior while attending First...
James "Jim" Lee Taylor
Jul 28, 2025
James “Jim” Taylor passed away on July 28, 2025 at Spencer Hospital. James was born on February 15, 1937 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Glenn and Alice (Verner) Taylor. He grew up on the family farm in Pottawattamie County, west of Oakland, on land purchased by his ancestors in the 1840s. He graduated from Carson High School in 1954.
James was...
Nile Clyde Brown
Jul 27, 2025
Nile Clyde Brown, the son of Clyde and Velma (Burkhart) Brown was born on October 26, 1940 in Spencer, IA. His childhood years were spent in the Webb, IA area, where he attended school and graduated Garfield-Webb High School in 1958. He then attended Iowa State University.
Nile married Sharen Gibson on June 10, 1962 in Webb, IA. To this union,...
Madonna "Donna" Jeanne Vogt
Jul 27, 2025
Madonna Jeanne Vogt, 90, of Spencer, Iowa passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 27 at St. Luke Lutheran Nursing Home.
Those blessed to have shared in Donna’s life are her children Tom (Melanie) of Fort Dodge, Iowa, Julie (Larry) Jindrich of Emmett, Idaho and Joe (Karen) of Raymore, Missouri; grandchildren Lindsay and Ryan (Emily) Vogt, Katie (Paul)Medel, Dan (Caitlin) Jindrich, and...
Jedediah “Jed” Thomas Cameron
Jul 18, 2025
Jed Cameron never met a stranger—and if he did, they didn’t stay strangers for long. Born on March 18, 1983 to Mark and Sharon Cameron, Jed lit up every room he walked into with the most infectious smile and a heart full of kindness, mischief, and love.
A proud son, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle, godfather, and friend, Jed wore many hats—and...
Cathy Jo Petersen
Jul 18, 2025
Cathy Jo (Fear) Petersen was born on May 17th, 1958 to Dawain and Joan (Fick) Fear in Ames, Iowa. She attended school in Spencer, Iowa and graduated from Spencer High School in 1976. After high school Cathy attended Iowa State University where she obtained a degree in English and Psychology, graduating in 1980.
She married James Petersen on August...
Velma Fern Boonstra
Jul 16, 2025
Velma Fern Boonstra, the daughter of Cornelius and Ann (Mouw) VanDriel was born May 2, 1928 in Orange City, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Orange City where she attended school and graduated from Orange City High School in 1945. She then attended Northwester Jr. College and graduated with a teaching degree in 1947.
Velma married Norman Boonstra on July...
William "Bill" Charles Burgeson
Jul 14, 2025
William Charles Burgeson, the son of Charles Edward and Velma Marie Shultz Burgeson, was born May 8, 1944, in Spencer, IA. Bill received his education in Royal and graduated from Royal High School in 1962.
Bill married Carol Lyster on July 26, 1969 in Linn Grove, IA. As newlyweds, they lived in a farmhouse just down the road from where Bill...
Lois Charlene Fairchild
Jul 11, 2025
Lois Charlene Fairchild, the daughter of Carl and Hulda (Dahlberg) Wessman, was born on March 11, 1930, in Marathon, Iowa. She was raised and received her education in Marathon, graduating from Marathon High School.
On June 18, 1947, she married Roger Fairchild in Jackson, MN. Following their marriage, the couple lived in the Marathon and Sioux Rapids area for...
Beverly Joy Bovee
Jul 9, 2025
Beverly Joy (Donaldson) Bovee was born to Floyd and Mayda (Hoppe) Donaldson at a farm east of Webb, Iowa on January 18th, 1931. She started school at Garfield, a country school near their farm. When she was in the first grade, they moved to a farm south of Webb and she finished the first grade in Webb. In the second...
Patricia Ann Scott
Jul 4, 2025
Patricia (Patti) Ann Scott was born to Larry and Betty (Fear) Walton on February 26, 1966 in Hartley, IA. Her childhood years were spent in Everly, where she attended Everly Community School and graduated in 1984. In the fall of 1984 she attended NIACC in Mason City, IA and graduated May 10th 1985 with an accounting clerk degree.
On December 7,...
Maureen Elizabeth Kadous
Jul 3, 2025
Maureen Kadous, aged 84, passed away peacefully on July 3, 2025 in San Antonio, TX.
She was born November 27, 1940, in Emmetsburg, IA to James and Nora (Nolan) Brennan, the 2nd of 6 children.
After graduating high school in 1958, Maureen attended Emmetsburg Junior College before moving on to the University of Iowa, where she obtained her teaching certificate....
Rev. Steven DeGangi
Jun 30, 2025
Steven DeGangi, the son of Dominick A. DeGangi and Lucile M. DeGangi, was born May 1, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In early childhood years his family resided among Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; and Cleveland, OH. About 1968 the family relocated to Hollywood, FL where Steven attended high school. He graduated from McArthur High School in 1974. He also graduated from...
Jack Lee Schomaker
Jun 25, 2025
Jack passed away peacefully at Spencer hospital in his sleep on June 25, 2025 after years of battling cancer. He was known for his kindness to others and great sense of humor.
He was a beloved husband. He married Mary Mondt Schomaker on June 8, 1991. He had a very special relationship with her son Michael (Casey)Jones and Casey's daughters Kayla...
Sarah Machholz
Jun 23, 2025
Sarah Machholz, 88, of Spencer, formerly of Muscatine, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 23, 2025 at Spencer Hospital. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Snyder & Hollenbaugh Funeral and Cremation Services of Wapello. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 1:30p.m. at Wapello Cemetery....
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